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Example sentences for: stifling

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) Second, if the child turns out pretty but doesn't want to be a beauty queen, her parents may force her in that direction anyway, thereby stifling her true talents and preventing her from becoming successful.
Resort hotels began to appear and the advent of air-conditioning improved the often stifling humidity of summer.
It's true that China's financial interests are best served by stifling its anger.
Religious movements are at their most efficient when they seek very basic goals--like subjugating women or stifling free thought.
With perfectly good intentions, she ended up stifling "the restless spirit of the woman who said of herself: 'If I am a wild beast, I cannot help it.